Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport: Second Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Vehicular Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: autonomous vehicles; cooperative services; assistance systems
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Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the previous Special Issue “Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/vehicles_transport)”, we are pleased to announce the next in the series, entitled “Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport: Second Edition”.
The use of new sensors in autonomous vehicle design provides greater knowledge of the vehicle and its surroundings, with the purpose of taking decisions in each scenario. This has motivated the development and implementation of new sensors in vehicles, such as perception sensors of the environment, e.g., LiDAR sensors, radar, or computer vision devices. Additionally, efforts are underway to improve current sensor performance and produce models capable of determining vehicle dynamics, including the body dynamics and specific aspects such as tyre forces. Accurate positioning on detailed digital maps can be considered a secondary sensor, and, for this purpose, systems take advantage of the properties of solutions based on satellite positioning, inertial sensors, or visual odometry. On the other hand, high- and low-level sensor fusion techniques make it possible to solve the limitations of each sensor and increase knowledge of the road scene. Additionally, the V2X communications can expand the sensors visual horizon with medium- and long-distance information and offer the vehicle the possibility of anticipating situations that have not been noticed yet. Finally, smart infrastructure is relevant to the highest levels of automation because it can provide additional information and foster cooperative driving, with the optimization of traffic safety and efficiency. In this infrastructure, technologies similar to those equipped by vehicles can be used but after redesigning specific post-process algorithms.
This Special Issue is not limited to the development of new sensors for vehicles and infrastructure, but the scope extends to the implementation and use of these sensors and the final applications offered. The cooperation between sensors, systems, vehicles and vehicles, and infrastructure is considered a key topic. The scope of this Issue also extends to algorithm use for processing information from the sensors, both isolated and combined using fusion techniques, in vehicles and the infrastructure.
Finally, we welcome studies that discuss the evolution of these sensors in terms of vehicles and infrastructure, algorithms used, and their impact on the development of cooperative, connected, and autonomous driving.
Dr. Felipe Jiménez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- intelligent road vehicles
- smart infrastructure
- perception sensor
- vehicle dynamics sensors
- sensor fusion
- connected and autonomnous driving
- vehicle—infrastructure cooperation
- positioning systems
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- Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport in Sensors (10 articles)
